locking the door?
Okay I need some advice. Has anyone ever locked there lo's bed room door? My three year old has taken to getting up in the middle of night and wandering. I have spent more money than I have trying to child proof things more than they are but it getting ridiculous. At three though she is prenty able to undo most things. I have had her get up and clog the toilet full of toilet paper. The first night she managed to pry the drawers in the kitchen open and was playing with a knife (the drawers have child safety things on) and had gotten two pens out. Which she had used to scribble all over the papers in my husband's brief case. He was due to hand them into court in the morning, and they were part of his client's case. She has been on the computers and through all our desk drawers. I have also put a new lock on the front door as she unlocked the door and went outside. We live on a cliff in rural Canada. I mean last month I didn't go to the shops because a mountain lion was sleeping on the hood of our truck. She could be eaten or eat something toxic, or get hurt. I am at my wits end. I can't sleep worrying over what she might get into. I have tried various methods of both positive and negative reinforcement, and she just doesn't want to cooperate. My husband wants to just put a lock on her door and give it sometime for her to grow out of it. What do you think? I'm hesitant but I want her to be safe, and I want to sleep peacefully at night knowing she's safe.
Thank you xx
Thank you xx
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Have you tried a star chart with a reward after so many nights? These mostly work with my son.
Knowing what she has done and what potential harm she could come to, i would give it a go, explaining to her your reasons for doing it and how she can have the lock taken off. She will understand hopefully. I'd rather have an upset safe child than an unsafe child, especially in your location!
Good luck and let us know what you decide to do and how you get on. x
good luck, she will grow out of it eventually!
I'd be afraid of a lock too just incase of emergencies but I see where youre coming from. I'm sure you have tried stair gates on her door. I know Amys almost 2 1/2 & has been able to open them from she was almost 2. We've tried a few different types & within a week she has mastered them. Fortunately she stays in her bed at the minute.
What about a half door (like a stable door) with a latch? I know that sounds a bit extreme though!!!
Hope you get something sorted
the bell you can get from B&Q, the kind that you put on your exernal doors and the noise goes off in your room, so she won't hear the bell noise.
hth xxx
I think you are doing absolutely the right thing - at the moment your priority should be doing whatever it takes to keep her safe and if having to resort to locking her in is what it takes then thats what you have to do! A child moniter is ideal - that way she will soon learn that if she is ever upset she is not abandoned! That bell idea as a back up incase she does get out is a fantastic idea!
I hope this works out for you ok (and for your daughter!) good luck! xx